As Donald Trump and Vladmir Putin prepared to meet in Alaska earlier, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Russia to “end the war that it itself has started”.
The Ukrainian leader says that the duo’s meeting “is needed” – but reiterates Kyiv must also be included in negotiations to ensure “effective decisions” are made.
Zelensky was not invited to participate in today’s meeting in Anchorage.
“Security guarantees are needed. Lasting peace is needed,” he writes on X. “Everyone knows the key objectives. I want to thank everyone who is helping to achieve real results.”
Now the waiting game begins for the media assembled her at Elmendorf-Richardson base in Anchorage – and for the world.
President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin are presently holding talks, along with their closest foreign policy advisors, before they participate in a “working lunch” with their larger assembled teams.
All of this will take place out of view of the public. The pool reporters who travelled with Trump from Washington this morning are seated in an outdoor tent along with those of us who have been here for days.
At some point, we are expecting to be told to prepare for a post-meeting joint press conference in a nearby ballroom. It is at that point that the world will learn what, if anything has come from these talks.
SOURCE: BBC
